mike, good to have you with us. just talk me through some of the points from this recent research. >> well, business travel is the leading indicator for the business at large for the economy at large. so going off the fiscal cliff will result in a severe and immediate impact, not only just to business travel, but to the overall economy. this is not a good thing obviously. and something that lawmakers need to work very hard to a vote. >> the up in number of business is set to drop in 2013, but we'd see a pick up in 2014. in other words, if they don't reach an agreement on the fiscal cliff, is it just a nine month bleep and then we recover? >> business travel is a leading indicator. so as companies want to grow top line again, they will invest this business travel at some point. but clearly avoiding the fiscal cliff will be a good thing because companies wouldn't have to go through a severe cut back first before starting that growth pattern again. business travel drives the economy. it's an investment that companies m